IWJRJOW

Iwami Airport

Masuda, Japan · Asia

Asia Asia/Tokyo

1runway

2,000 mLongest runway

Iwami Airport (????, Iwami K?k?) (IATA: IWJ, ICAO: RJOW) is an airport located 2.8 NM (5.2 km; 3.2 mi) Masuda, Shimane Prefecture, Japan. It is also known as Hagi-Iwami Airport due to its proximity to the city of Hagi in Yamaguchi Prefecture. It is a 2 or 3 hour drive from the old town of Iwami, its primary namesake.

Location

34.676°N, 131.790°E · 56 m s. n. m. (184 ft)

General data

CountryJapan

CityMasuda

IATA codeIWJ

ICAO codeRJOW

Coordinates34.676°N, 131.790°E

Elevation56 m s. n. m. (184 ft)

Time zoneAsia/Tokyo

Runways1

Longest runway2,000 m

Official website

Runways · 1

11/29

Length2,000 m6,562 ft

Width45 m148 ft

SurfaceAsphalt

Lighted✓

Lengths and surfaces from the public OurAirports register; open runways only.

Radio frequencies · 1

Flight information

118.550

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Reference frequencies for enthusiasts, from OurAirports (community database, public domain), checked on Oct 16, 2026. They may be outdated or incomplete and do not replace the AIP or current charts: not for navigation. In Europe the published frequency may be an 8.33 kHz channel (e.g., 118.505 for 118.500). In MHz.

History

Iwami Airport opened in July 1993 with service to Tokyo Haneda and Osaka Itami. These services experienced weak passenger demand in the airport's first years of operation, despite local subsidies and reduced landing fees intended to make them more competitive. The Iwami-Haneda route boarded a record number of passengers in 2013 after Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni opened for passenger flights, as this made it possible to create tour packages to Izumo-taisha, Itsukushima Shrine and other regional attractions using both airports as gateways. Iwami's IATA airport code of IWJ was originally used by Iwakuni when it hosted international flights between 1952 and 1964.

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APA

Vuelopedia. (2026, October 15). Iwami Airport (IWJ). Retrieved October 23, 2026, from https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/IWJ

MLA

“Iwami Airport (IWJ).” Vuelopedia, Fundación Poderia, 15 Oct. 2026, vuelopedia.org/en/airport/IWJ. Accessed 23 Oct. 2026.

Chicago

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Harvard

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BibTeX

@misc{vuelopedia_en_airport_iwj,
  author       = {{Vuelopedia}},
  title        = {{Iwami Airport (IWJ)}},
  publisher    = {Fundación Poderia},
  year         = {2026},
  date         = {2026-10-15},
  url          = {https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/IWJ},
  howpublished = {\url{https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/IWJ}},
  urldate      = {2026-10-23},
  note         = {Accessed 2026-10-23}
}

Wikipedia

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